What is this bird?
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Posted 05/09/2020 - 13:38
It looks like a juvenile Starling, possibly fresh out of a birdbath!!
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Posted 05/09/2020 - 14:13
Or a juvenile blackbird in the process of becoming black?
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Posted 05/09/2020 - 14:18
Another photo showing a different angle
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Posted 05/09/2020 - 15:49
Yes definitely a young Blackbird.
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Posted 05/09/2020 - 17:13
Definitely the beak of a blackbird. Starlings have a more pointy beak to poke into your lawn to find creepy crawlies.
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Posted 05/09/2020 - 17:38
Thanks folks. I assume at this stage it's impossible to know if it's male or female?
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Posted 05/09/2020 - 18:05
Male blackbird 100%
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Posted 05/09/2020 - 19:03
Yep, won't get the yellow beak for a while.
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Posted 06/09/2020 - 11:46
Update on my wasp war, despite the battery of wasp nest sprays the most effective treatment was wedging a piece of wood into the entrance of the underground nest.
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Posted 06/09/2020 - 18:18
Sorry I posted in the wrong thread. 
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tigershoot
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I have no idea.
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